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Command Line Option
This article describes built-in commands and its options
fluentd
Invoke fluentd. Here is supported options:
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Usage: fluentd [options]
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-s, --setup [DIR=/etc/fluent] install sample configuration file to the directory`
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-c, --config PATH config file path (default: /etc/fluent/fluent.conf)
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--dry-run Check fluentd setup is correct or not
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-p, --plugin DIR add plugin directory
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-I PATH add library path
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-r NAME load library
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-d, --daemon PIDFILE daemonize fluent process
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--no-supervisor run without fluent supervisor
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--user USER change user
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--group GROUP change group
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-o, --log PATH log file path
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-i CONFIG_STRING, inline config which is appended to the config file on-fly
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--inline-config
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--emit-error-log-interval SECONDS
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suppress interval seconds of emit error logs
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--suppress-repeated-stacktrace [VALUE]
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suppress repeated stacktrace
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--without-source invoke a fluentd without input plugins
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--use-v1-config Use v1 configuration format (default)
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--use-v0-config Use v0 configuration format
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-v, --verbose increase verbose level (-v: debug, -vv: trace)
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-q, --quiet decrease verbose level (-q: warn, -qq: error)
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--suppress-config-dump suppress config dumping when fluentd starts
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-g, --gemfile GEMFILE Gemfile path
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-G, --gem-path GEM_INSTALL_PATH Gemfile install path (default: $(dirname $gemfile)/vendor/bundle)
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Important options
--suppress-config-dump
Fluentd starts without configuration dump. If you don't want to show configuration in fluentd logs, e.g. don't show private keys, this options is useful.
--suppress-repeated-stacktrace
If set true, suppress stacktrace in fluentd logs. Since v0.12, this option is true by default.
--without-source
Fluentd starts without input plugins. This option is useful for flushing buffers with no new incoming events.
-i, --inline-config
If you use fluentd on XaaS which doesn't support persistent disks, this option is useful.
--no-supervisor
If you want to use your supervisor tools, this option avoids double supervisor.
Set via configuration file
Several options could be set via
<system> directive configuration file. See configuration file article.fluent-cat
Send event to fluentd's
in_forward/in_unix plugin. This is useful for testing.1
Usage: fluent-cat [options] <tag>
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-p, --port PORT fluent tcp port (default: 24224)
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-h, --host HOST fluent host (default: 127.0.0.1)
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-u, --unix use unix socket instead of tcp
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-s, --socket PATH unix socket path (default: /var/run/fluent/fluent.sock)
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-f, --format FORMAT input format (default: json)
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--json same as: -f json
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--msgpack same as: -f msgpack
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--none same as: -f none
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--message-key KEY key field for none format (default: message)
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example
Send json message with
debug.log tag to local fluentd:1
% echo '{"message":"hello"}' | fluent-cat debug.log
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Send to other machine:
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% echo '{"message":"hello"}' | fluent-cat debug.log --host testserver --port 24225
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If this article is incorrect or outdated, or omits critical information, please let us know. Fluentd is a open source project under Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). All components are available under the Apache 2 License.
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